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Sick couple ties the knot in UK Covid-19 ward

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British couple Elizabeth Kerr and Simon O'Brien had been planning to marry in June. Then Covid-19 struck.

Both contracted the disease and were rushed to Milton Keynes University Hospital in the same ambulance when their oxygen levels fell dangerously low.

Kerr and O'Brien became so ill that medical staff scrambled to organise a wedding before it was too late. When O'Brien's condition got even worse, it was decided he should be transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU).

Even that did not stop them: staff delayed his intubation...

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